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Technology and Computing news from selected sources. Click on a headline that interests you to read the full article. |
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Tiny solar cells fix themselves
BBC News - Technology
A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.
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Craigslist ends adult service ads
BBC News - Technology
Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.
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Power play
BBC News - Technology
Turning 16 games consoles into a number-crunching supercomputer
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Making music from children's old toys
BBC News - Technology
The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments.
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What does the future hold for television?
BBC News - Technology
Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.
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Chrome 6 Arrives, Just in Time for Cake
Wired Cool Apps
Google is celebrating the second birthday of its Chrome web browser with the release of Chrome 6. Among the new features are an updated user interface, auto-fill for web forms, extension syncing, increased speed and numerous bug fixes.
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Chrome 7 Shows Off Hardware Acceleration, 'Tabpose'
Wired Cool Apps
Google's web browser will soon gain hardware-accelerated graphics — the latest trend for browsers that has already shown up in early builds of Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4. It also gets a new animated tab organizer.
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Leaked Screenshot Shows Cleaner, Simpler IE9
Wired Cool Apps
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is expected to be unveiled Sept. 15, but the company's Russian press site accidentally spilled the beans by posting a screenshot of the browser's new simplified, streamlined interface.
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Flashy HTML5 Experiments Point to Web's Future
Wired Cool Apps
There are already plenty of practical examples of HTML5 on the web. However, to really see the bleeding edge of HTML5 and what might be possible in the future, you'll have to look beyond the practical and peer into the trenches.
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Mozilla's Popcorn Project Adds Extra Flavor to Web Video
Wired Cool Apps
Video on the web has always been a lot like television, only smaller. It's still a passive experience. Mozilla would like to change that with a new tool for making video every bit as interactive as the rest of the web.
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London ICT eBulletin-July 2010 highlights
Ict Hub Knowledgebase
Summary of the Lasa ICT eBulletin - July 2010
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London ICT eBulletin-June 2010 highlights
Ict Hub Knowledgebase
Summary of the Lasa ICT eBulletin - June 2010
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Backing Up Your Data - update
Ict Hub Knowledgebase
Overview of options available for backing up your data
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Unified communications options for nonprofits
Ict Hub Knowledgebase
How new solutions can streamline communications and spare the environment
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How Telecommunications Is Changing Work for Nonprofits
Ict Hub Knowledgebase
How communications technology is creating new, results-based model of work
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PC missing some drivers?
Welcome to the VICTOR blog
If, like many, you have upgraded or reinstalled the hardware on your pc, there is always that missing driver disk for printers or scanners. You can get your pc scanned for any missing drivers and update them using one easy, safe site -Updateyourdriver. Visit the website atUpdateyourdriver
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Google take on Microsoft - again......
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Google have announced that they will be producing an operating system to compete with Microsoft's Windows package. Google Chrome OS will be released in 2010 and will be mostly used on lightweight notebooks. A large proportion of the pc manufacturing industry has already agreed to build it in to their systems. For more information follow the linkhttp://news.bbc.co.uk
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Google Street View - Down your street, or not?
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You may have seen the new Google street view service that has been launched in the UK recently. Britain appears to be trailing some of the rest of the world who have had street view for quite a while. If you haven’t already heard about it, either on the news or by using it yourself I am sure you soon will.Photographs of most major cities and streets will eventually be available to look at.There
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Tweeting, Blogging or in Facebook?
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If these words mean nothing to you - you are not alone; but neither are you part of the huge movement in social networking that is swamping the internet and fast becoming the preferred communications tool of many, potentially overtaking texts and email.These sites are various platforms on the internet for communicating with friends, family and anyone else who might be interested in what you ate
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101 - but not Dalmations!!
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The world is full of websites, some good, some useful and some just plain confusing or bizarre.A list of the most useful 101 has been compiled by a national newspaper. Whose opinion was used to decide what is judged to be 'most useful' is unclear but having said that, the list is very comprehensive and does indeed include some excellent sites such as Zoho, Only2clicks, Getnetwise and others. To
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